If you look at the map, the distance between Brest and Plymouth is quite long, almost 300 kilometers, and even if the ship travels at a speed of 20 knots, it takes seven or eight hours. This is already the maximum speed of many merchant ships.

Plymouth was not a good place for a landing operation, but the British fleet was stationed there.

Whether it is from the transportation of supplies, the voyage of the fleet, the assembly, it is unrealistic.

Therefore, the British have never been very vigilant about Brest, and their attention has always been focused on the recent Calais, especially the discovery of amphibious tanks in Calais and the discovery of a large number of German tanks.

Britain regarded Dover as the main battlefield to defend against the attack of the German army, and now, the tragic battle that broke out in Dover seems to confirm this result, and the German army is indeed the main spearhead of Calais.

However, if they can calm down at this time, they should be able to find some clues.

For example, Germany has been dispatching Stuka bombers, as well as a small number of air supremacy fighters, and where are those large numbers of F190s? In the port of Calais, there are a large number of tanks, but why are there no transport ships?

For example, most of those who are now insisting on guarding the beachhead are French volunteers, and there are not many pure German soldiers.

The battle at Dover was so fierce that the British believed that it was definitely the main direction of attack of the Germans, and that the various units were continuing to assemble towards Dover, ready to push those forces that had just landed on the beachhead back into the sea.

The battle, from morning to noon, was fierce, and the remaining army on the beachhead, less and less, was about to become a reality at the sight of Dover's victory.

Plymouth.

The sea breeze here is not strong, and standing on a thousand-ton frigate "Petunia", a naval officer is lazily clicking the names of his subordinates.

The order from above has been issued to send some skilled soldiers to receive the new warship, but what good things can be received?

From here, you can see the dockyard of the Royal Shipyard, the latest battleship built in it, which has not yet taken shape, without advanced battleships, without aircraft carriers, the British Royal Navy can only cower here, relying on shore defense guns as a strait patrol.

In the sky, there was the roar of rumbling planes, and he finished counting a name before he raised his head and glanced at it.

Then, he lowered his head again, what was there to see, it was just an ordinary airliner.

Airliner?

Wait a minute!

Until now, the Luftwaffe has used their Junkers-290 bombers more than once to camouflage airliners and bomb the British mainland, this trick has not worked anymore, this time, will it be another German attack?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at the sky, hoping it was a beautiful misunderstanding.

However, when he looked up, he saw that a big guy had fallen from the belly of the airliner!

Yes, it's the big guy, although the sunlight is a little dazzling, you can still see the tail wing, it's a bomb!

"Quick, quick, bombing by the Germans!" He shouted loudly: "Flak artillery, use our anti-aircraft artillery!" ”

The group of people who had just gathered quickly dispersed, trying to operate the anti-aircraft guns on their own warships.

Fortunately, it seems, the flying bomb was not dropped on their warship, but on the shore.

Not good, it's shore defense artillery!

356 mm coastal artillery, the largest coastal defense gun in the whole of Plymouth!

Britain, as an island nation, has been defending itself against possible maritime invasions for more than 1,000 years, for example, in the main direction of the German offensive on the surface, that is, in the southern Dover region, where the coastal forts have been built for more than 500 years from the time of Henry VIII without interruption.

Moreover, when Germany announced that it was going to attack Britain, the British began to add more coastal guns to Dover, including the newly cast 381mm coastal defense guns, which were recently installed.

Therefore, if the Germans wanted to land at Dover, they had to do it at night, seize the positions on the coast, and at the same time send out dive bombers together until the channel was secured, and the merchant ships behind could transport a large number of troops.

Since the main attack of Germany was in the Dover area, the newly built coastal defense guns were all deployed in Dover, and some people even suggested that the Plymouth coastal defense guns should be moved there, but fortunately they were rejected by senior officers who knew the general situation.

And now, in Plymouth Harbor, there is only this 356 mm coastal gun, which is the largest class. For the rest, there are 16 BL9.2 233mm coastal guns, and the rest is the small cargo color of 152mm guns.

Many of Dover's newly built coastal artillery fortifications were very secretive and difficult to detect from the air, and because the entire coast was under martial law, it was difficult for German agents to obtain specific information.

However, Plymouth is different. Since this was not the main direction of the German offensive, the British did not continue to increase the shore fortifications here at all, and the construction of a shore artillery position was also quite time-consuming, so the original shore artillery did not change its position.

This 356 mm shore defense gun is built on a cement battery, and the bottom of the battery can be rotated and the angle can be adjusted, but the top of the battery is bare.

There is no cover, there is no turret, in peacetime, in order to prevent rust, the coastal defense artillery is wrapped with a cloth cover, now the war will break out at any time, the alert level is raised, the cover of the coastal defense artillery here is removed, and maintenance is carried out every few days.

At the same time, a covered net was also added to the top, but the barrel was so long that it could not be completely covered at all.

From the air, this shore defense gun is still very conspicuous.

At the same time, in order to protect this coastal defense artillery, there are two anti-aircraft guns right next to the coastal defense artillery, and it is dangerous to attack the dive bombers, and at the same time, in order to completely destroy this coastal defense artillery, the Junkers-290 bombers are dispatched again.

At this time, at the nose of the bomber, the navigator and bombardier was staring at the target with full attention, and at the same time flicked the handle in his hand.

Yes, it is a guided bomb, when used to bomb a warship, it can significantly increase the hit rate, and when used to bomb ground targets, it is even easier.

This bomber, hovering over the base, dozens of seconds later, the bomb, accurately hit the target!

"Boom!"

A one-ton bomb fell from the sky, and when it came into close contact with the coastal defense artillery, it exploded violently, blowing up a big crater in the entire position of the coastal defense artillery.

A large pit with an area of more than a basketball court, the position of the entire shore defense artillery, no longer exists! The debris even spread to the nearby anti-aircraft artillery positions, and two large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also blown away!

This explosion also announced the beginning of the battle of Plymouth!

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